overstate \o`verstate"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. overstated; p.
   pr.  vb. n. overstating.
   to state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --fuller.
   1913 webster
see also:
overstated overstating 

overstate
     v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
         romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious old south'
         imagery" syn: exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise,
          magnify, amplify ant: understate
see also:
exaggerate overdraw hyperbolize hyerbolise magnify amplify 
understate 

84 moby thesaurus words for "overstate":
   aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque,
   camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort,
   draw the longbow, dress up, embellish, embroider, enlarge,
   exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over,
   go to extremes, hyperbolize, idealize, inflate, lay it on, magnify,
   make much of, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport,
   misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overappraise, overassess,
   overcalculate, overcharge, overcount, overdo, overdraw,
   overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overpaint,
   overpraise, overprize, overrate, overreach, overreact,
   overreact to, overreckon, oversell, overspeak, overstress,
   overvalue, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain,
   stretch, stretch the truth, talk big, talk in superlatives,
   titivate, tout, travesty, trick out, twist, understate, varnish,
   warp, whitewash, wrench